Big Bang To Hold 'Alive' Concert Tour In The Philippines

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin 

MANILA, Philippines - It's confirmed! Korean boy band Big Bang will hold their "Big Bang Alive Tour" concert in the Philippines this year.

A post on Big Bang's official Facebook account and on YG Entertainment's Twitter account proclaimed,  "BIG BANG ALIVE WORLD TOUR 2012 in MALAYSIA and PHILIPPINES confirmed!"

Raffle: Seoul to give away 20 tickets to Xiah Junsu's concert in Thailand

The Seoul Metropolitan Government is giving away 20 tickets to JYJ's Xiah Junsu's concert in Thailand scheduled on May 27. 

Super Junior finds success in Japan

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin 

MANILA, Philippines - Korean boy band Super Junior has successfully penetrated Japan's music market with massive attendance at their two-day concert and with the release of a new Japanese single.

Super Junior in Japan (Photos by www.newsen.com and SM Town Facebook page) 

2NE1, Filipina Sarah Geronimo, Girls Generation in 25 sexiest international singers list

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

MANILA, Philippines - Korean pop groups 2NE1 and Girls Generation, as well as Filipino singer Sarah Geronimo made it to the 25 Sexiest International Singers You've Never Heard Of list by US-based music and trend site Complex.com.

Filipino singer Sarah Geronimo, 2NE1 and Girls Generation.
(Photos by www.sarahgeronimo.ph and newsen.com

Wonder Girls To Finally Debut In Japan

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

MANILA, Philippines - K-pop quintet the Wonder Girls will make their debut in Japan in July, following in the footsteps of many Korean singers like KARA and Girls Generation.

For their foray into Japan, Wonder Girls will release the Japanese version of their hit song "Nobody," which was originally released in Korea in 2008.

The Wonder Girls (Photos by www.newsen.com)

{VIDEO} INFINITELY YOURS, SEOUL featuring boy band MBLAQ

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has released its latest "Infinitely Yours, Seoul" series, this time featuring Korean boy band MBLAQ. 

[VIDEO] JUNSU (준수) XIA (시아) TARANTALLEGRA (타란탈레그라) MV

JYJ member Xiah Junsu has released on May 14 his much-awaited music video for "Tarantallegra," his first solo album. 

The song is awesome, which also features Flowsik. The cool choreography for the music video was made by Jeri Slaughter and his team. 

Screen grab by @cassph

Seoul event: Free Speech Corner - ‘Let me talk!’

Seoul Metropolitan Government will hold a Free Speech Corner every Saturday from 12:00 to 16:00. Using the ‘Let me talk!’ stage in Cheonggye Plaza, Seoul citizens or foreigners visiting Seoul will be able to speak publicly about events, their impressions of Seoul, or any other topic.

(Photo courtesy of http://english.seoul.go.kr)

Music Core performances (May 12, 2012, Saturday)

MBC Music Core today featured performances of Taetiseo, SISTAR, BTOB, BAP, EXO-K, Ivy, Mighty Mouth and more. 

Japan, US Top Global Recorded Music Sales

By JONATHAN HICAP, Manila Bulletin

MANILA, Philippines - Japan is now the biggest music market in the world in terms of value of singles, CDs and DVDs sold.

The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) issued its yearbook "Statistics Trends: The Recording Industry in Japan 2012," which showed that Japan has overtaken the United States in music sales in 2010.

KARA and Girls Generation (Photos by www.newsen.com)